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JIRA Service Management vs OpenText Service Manager [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

JIRA Service Management
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
OpenText Service Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Shambuling-Doni - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use, offers good stability and visibility for operational efficiency
The search function could be improved. We have to search a certain way. There is no generic search, it is more object-oriented search. The interface could also be more user-friendly. So, the interface and search could be improved. Additionally, I would like to see more accessibility. It would also be great if there was a Jira mobile app.
Farah Ben Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Is easy to set up, but customization needs improvement
Sometimes, customization is simple. The version we are using now has a nice interface Customization can be difficult at times because scripting is often required. I've been using this solution for ten years. Generally, it's stable, but sometimes we see behavior that we cannot understand. It's…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Compared to other solutions, Jira Service Management is really reasonable regarding price and speed."
"The most valuable features of JIRA Service Management are the service level agreement or management, and the ticketing system. Additionally, there are frequent updates that provide improvements."
"Great to be able to create customized forms."
"The visibility features are great."
"It makes the IT department more transparent and helps the employees."
"There are two things that I value very much about this product. One is the service levels management – the SLA agreement management part of it – and knowledge management."
"One of the main advantages of JIRA is that it can be customized for our solutions. I live in Iran and we translated some parts of it into Persian and customized it with extra features. We hid other features to customize it right to the point. We provide this solution for our customers."
"Provides excellent management features."
"It's pretty well-structured in modules."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is fine. It's a good solution for small accounts with minimal reporting. Micro Focus is a good option because you don't have to worry about the budget."
"Service Manager gives us a single system where everything is centralized in one base."
"Incident management is the most valuable because we're using it to manage tickets for an accounting system. With the reports that are available, it allows us to track and identify trends at the type and item level. It also helps us in managing the workload better than what we had in Remedy, which is what we were using before 2013."
"We can have all our requests and incidents registered in one system."
"It can adapt to any process in the organization."
"The workflow engine that standardizes and globalizes the process steps. It drives people through the process by standardization and automation."
 

Cons

"If we can have an easier way to deploy this solution without the help of a consultant and a more reliable way of deploying procedures, it would be quite helpful."
"I would like to see improvement in the ability to filter completed tasks."
"During the updates, when another version gets released, whatever I am tracking at that time gets lost and I have to type it all over again."
"The performance in cloud service management could be improved."
"In-built chat is missing in JIRA Service Management."
"I don't think the program is very scalable."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Integration possibilities with other products that are not Atlassian would be helpful. Support should also provide separate installation guides for each product even though they are easy to install."
"Their end-user interface and technical support features could be improved."
"There's a lot of manual work, which is error prone and time consuming, in how the code gets transported from one system to the other."
"The greatest issue for us is to understand the roadmap. We want to know whether we should upgrade now or should we wait three months."
"It needs to be easier to use for the end users because one problem we had was that we are handling different kinds of cases."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"Service Manager would be improved with access to automation."
"Service Manager is at the end of its life. The architecture, performance, and look are all way behind."
"It needs good integration with the configuration database, that's lacking at the moment, It's not that good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale of one to five, where five is a good price and one is high, I would rate this solution as a three. It isn't cheap but it's not ridiculous."
"The pricing is very competitive and I think that it is okay."
"The license we use is on a yearly basis. As a Solution Partner, we were using the free one and were using the free plugins. We were also giving our own plugins to the Atlassian Solution Partners for free. We don't pay anything to Atlassian."
"For the people like us, the lower the price, the better. But when compared to other competitors, I think it's Jira's price is okay."
"On a scale of one to five, with one being really high and five being good, I would rate the price of this solution as a four."
"Jira Service Management has affordable license fees. It's $12 a month per person."
"It is one of the premium products on the market, but it is very costly, especially in the Indian market."
"I rate Service Management four out of 10 for affordability. The price could be better, especially for companies using more than one Atlassian product. It's suitable for SMBs that can afford it. I don't think there's another tool that's both better and cheaper. All help desk tools are relatively expensive."
"HP Service Manager has moderate pricing."
"I pay for Service Manager on a yearly basis, and the price is reasonable - I would rate it five out of ten."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is a little cheaper than other options. You have to pay a monthly subscription fee."
"The license is not cheap."
"I would say that identify your requirements and pay for the support to implement and test those requirements, and then hope that you did a good job because the cost of their service is fairly expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JIRA Service Management?
JIRA Service Management is a very user-friendly solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JIRA Service Management?
We used Jira's free version for some time, and we used it as an offline service without communicating with the Jira team regarding the license.
What needs improvement with Micro Focus Service Manager?
The product's technical support services need improvement.
What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Service Manager?
We use the product for infrastructure, profile, and incident management.
 

Also Known As

JIRA Service Desk
Micro Focus Service Manager, HPE ITSM, HPE Service Manager
 

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Sample Customers

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